HANOI: Long-lasting Typhoon Bualoi left swaths of Vietnam flooded yesterday, with the storm killing 19 people and wreaking havoc on homes, infrastructure and farmland. Bualoi made landfall in central Vietnam late Sunday, packing winds of 130 kilometres per hour, and remaining over land for almost 12 hours. The duration was
LOS ANGELES: US police thought they had their man when they watched a taxi make an illegal U-turn right in front of them — only to discover there was no-one in the driver’s seat. Officers in San Bruno, California pulled over the Waymo driverless car on Friday night, but —
MILAN: The iconic San Siro stadium is set for demolition after Milan city hall approved its sale to Inter and AC Milan, clearing the way for a €1.2 billion (about RM59.3 billion) redevelopment project. Following more than 11 hours of debate, councillors voted 24–20 in favour of the €197 million
EL SEGUNDO: LeBron James says he has yet to decide when to retire as he prepares to make NBA history by entering his 23rd season. The Los Angeles Lakers star, who turns 41 in December, told reporters at media day that he is determined to savour the twilight of a
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s teenage sensation, Lamine Yamal, is targeting Paris Saint-Germain in Wednesday’s Champions League clash, just days after narrowly missing out on becoming the youngest ever Ballon d’Or winner. The 18-year-old winger finished runner-up to PSG’s Ousmane Dembele, who will miss the match through injury, giving Yamal a stage to
MUMBAI: A stampede that killed dozens at a south India political rally happened after a crowd of thousands waited hours in baking heat without sufficient safeguards, officials and witnesses said Sunday. Some 27,000 people thronged a public road in Tamil Nadu state in hopes of seeing popular actor-turned-politician Vijay on
HANOI: Vietnam plans to evacuate more than 250,000 residents from coastal areas on Sunday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Bualoi, which is expected to lash the country’s steel-producing central belt. The storm — the 10th to affect Vietnam this year — is currently at sea, generating winds of 130
BEIJING: The world’s highest bridge opened to traffic in China on Sunday, state media said, capping an engineering feat three years in the making and taking the record from another bridge in the same province. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge towers 625 metres (2,051 feet) above a river and vast
SURABAYA: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Indonesia’s East Java province on Thursday, damaging at least 74 homes, six public facilities and injuring one person, the disaster agency said. “The quake was felt strongly in Banyuwangi and Situbondo and also reached Jembrana in Bali province,” National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) spokesperson
MANILA: The Philippines evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and confirmed at least three deaths yesterday as a severe tropical storm battered the country, still feeling the effects of Super Typhoon Ragasa. Civil defence officials in southern Luzon’s Bicol region said three people had been killed as walls collapsed and
